Bounds Green Junior School

Bounds Green Junior School is a welcoming, inclusive school where pupils feel safe and valued. Inspectors found most pupils achieve well, especially in reading and mathematics, and behaviour is calm and purposeful. Safeguarding standards are met, and pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils generally receive effective support, including targeted reading and mathematics help and the school’s specialist 'Upstairs Provision' for autistic pupils. The school is part of the Federation of Bounds Green Infant and Bounds Green Junior School and serves a community with above-average EHC plans and well-above-average location deprivation. The curriculum is carefully planned and sequenced, teaching is typically well structured, and leaders have managed a period of change effectively. Governors provide appropriate support and challenge, staff morale is high, and personal development is a strength, with a broad extra-curricular offer and strong pastoral care. Attendance is close to national averages for most groups. The main area for improvement is writing, where achievement is weaker than in reading and mathematics, particularly for disadvantaged pupils, and expectations for sustained high-quality writing are not consistently embedded. Attendance for some pupils with SEND also remains a concern. Leaders are already taking action, including embedding a more consistent writing approach and using attendance analysis, but quality assurance could be more precise to accelerate impact. Next steps focus on consistent writing delivery and further improving SEND attendance.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well in reading and mathematics by the end of Year 6, including disadvantaged pupils in reading.
• Pupils with SEND make suitable progress from their starting points.
• Pupils read confidently and fluently and secure key number facts in mathematics.
• Behaviour is calm and purposeful, with pupils showing positive attitudes to learning.
• The curriculum is carefully planned and sequenced so pupils build knowledge steadily.
• Teaching is typically well structured and develops precise subject vocabulary.
• Targeted support helps pupils secure foundational writing, reading and mathematics knowledge.
• Inclusion is effective, including well-used additional funding and the specialist 'Upstairs Provision' for autistic pupils.
• Leaders work well with external agencies and maintain clear personal education plans for looked-after pupils.
• Leaders have managed change effectively, and staff morale is high.
• Governors provide appropriate support and challenge and oversee safeguarding well.
• Personal development is broad, with strong pastoral care and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities.
• Attendance is close to national averages for most groups, including disadvantaged pupils.
• Safeguarding standards are met within an open and positive culture.

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement in writing, including for disadvantaged pupils, is less positive and below national averages.
• Expectations for sustained high-quality writing are not consistently embedded across the school.
• Some pupils with SEND do not attend as well as their peers, and further work is needed to improve their attendance consistently.
• Disadvantaged pupils' combined reading, writing and mathematics outcomes are below national, with a large disadvantage gap in writing.
• Quality assurance activities could be more precise to accelerate impact on all pupils.
• Achievement and staff practice vary, requiring greater consistency in teaching and expectations.
• Writing curriculum delivery needs to consistently address errors and misconceptions precisely.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Bounds Green Junior School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Bounds Green Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Bounds Green Junior School had 25.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.6% of pupils at Bounds Green Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Bounds Green Junior School received £8,919 and spent £9,235 for each of its 348 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £4,000 (£11 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Bounds Green Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bounds Green Junior School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Bounds Green Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bounds Green Junior School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Bounds Green Junior School have?

Bounds Green Junior School has 348 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bounds Green Junior School cover?

Bounds Green Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Bounds Green Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bounds Green Junior School?

Bounds Green Junior School is at Bounds Green Road, London, N11 2QG.